Beach -Part II

She was sitting on the warm sand in an attempt to sun tan, despite knowing it was useless she still tried. She never sun tanned, she just redden and then nothing. The sky was as blue as it got and the beach as full as it could be. Children were running around laughing, elders were talking loudly to each other, adults were drinking a cold beer and teens were either sun bathing or surfing, or gossiping.

She had been in the city for about 3 days but she already fell in love with it. She hadn't seen Sasuke since her arrival, it felt like he disappeared into thin air, but she wasn't exactly searching for him either. They parted on good terms but their relationship would need a lot of rebuilding, several years passed and they both changed drastically.

Finally giving up on tanning she took off her sunglasses placed them in her bag and turned to Hanabi to tell her she was going in for a swim. Her sister didn't even open her eyes just waved her hand.

It took a little getting used to the burning hot sand before she could walk around normally. She swam around a little doing her best to avoid surfers. Still a guy that seemed to be about Hanabi's age bumped into her making both of them fall over. He blushed and helped her up but she laughed it off. He started at her for a moment before blushing even harder and swimming away with his board. And she went on with her own swimming.

She was out of the water and ready to walk back to Hanabi when the boy from before ran into her again. He seemed so embarrassed and she laughed which only made the poor boy turn redder. He apologized again.

"Konohamaru what are you doing buddy?"

A loud voice was heard behind her, she turned around only to see the blonde surfer followed by Sasuke. The old friend was already staring at her.

"Nothing Naruto-nii-san. I was just surfing around a little"

The blonde put his arm over Konohamaru's shoulder and looked at her before smiling at her. She hadn't seen such a beautiful smile in a long time, it was contagious.

"I know you. Aren't you the girl that knows Sasuke?"

She was still smiling and turned to Sasuke, he was watching her with narrowed eyes.

"I don't know. Am I?"

The blonde laughed. Sasuke seemed to be about to say something but was cut off by Hanabi shouting.

"Hina!" Hanabi said while walking towards her sister, she didn't pay any of the guys any mind. "Here your bag. I'm going out for lunch with a few girls I met on the beach. I'll call you later." Hanabi was about to leave when her eyes met Sasuke's. She stopped for a moment looked at her sister but kept on walking.

"I see she still doesn't like me very much"

"I guess she never did, did she?"

"So, Hina. We're bout to eat too wanna join us?"

The blonde invited her to eat with them and she accepted the offer. She put on her short jeans but not a top, a lot of people were walking around like that.

"I didn't really think I'd meet you again"

Sasuke said while they were walking close to each other, their hands almost touching.

"I guess I did fall off the face of earth to you, didn't I?"

"You still talk like that. Saying something yet asking it at the end as well."

"So Hina how do you know my boy over here. And I'm Naruto, by the way"

Hinata smiled at him, Naruto was the kind of person you'd imagine a surfer being. He looked like the kid of the sun, his skin perfectly tanned with blonde hair and the bluest eyes you've ever seen. His movements were like water and his smiled radiated like the sun.

"Nice to meet you. And I guess you could say we were old friends"

The words still tasted bitter on her tongue compared to the sweetness of his lips onto hers. She watched his eyes narrow at the word. It felt good knowing he hated that term quite as much as she did. If he was someone else she'd move closer and hold his hand, but he wasn't just anyone, he was Sasuke. And their skin touching would start a billion fireworks in the mids of the day.

Lunch was fun and easy. Konohamaru would look at her for a second too long and then blush. She tried hard not to laugh at the poor boy. Sasuke was quiet just like she knew he'd be. Naruto invited her to a beach party later on that night.

She stood far away from the party onto the shore her feet in the water. She was a person that enjoyed quiet as well, even craved for it sometimes. The music and the talking made her head hurt a little so she left the party behind.

"I thought I'd find you here"

Sasuke said while making his way to her. She couldn't help but smile at him and he smirked back. He took a step too many because the space between the two was barely existent.

"When I first saw you, I thought I lost my mind. What were the chances of you being here?"

She smiled. What were the chances of him spending that summer there? Naruto said they were there only for the summer, they came together in a 'road trip' the 3 of them. It was supposed to be just the 2 of them but Konohamaru sneaked in the car and only when they were already 200 km away did they notice him there.

She looked over at him and realized that by morning they'd be kissing under the summer sun in warm sea water only to fall apart at the end of the summer when he left.

They were like a sand castle built a little too close to the water and every time a wave hit it would be destroyed and no matter how many times they'd try to rebuild it the water would still drown them. Sometimes they wouldn't even have time to rebuilt it before the water struck.

Still each time the castle would be bigger and more beautiful, so she'd rather spend a lifetime rebuilding it then never being able to taste his lips again.

Hinata moved closer to him making their hands touch while walking trying to hold his hand, he started at her for a moment before intertwining their fingers and smiling down at her.

The castle was built faster this time and she'd take her time and enjoy it before the water ruined it. And surely Sasuke move closer to her and she smiled up at him as he leaned in.